The Copyright Law in Australia provides a special privilege to students. The ‘Fair Use’ provision of the allows students to COPY A SMALL AMOUNT of text for use in school work. However, you MUST STILLACKNOWLEDGE any words or works you have copied from somebody else.
The ‘Fair Use’ provisions also applies to images. It is allowable to use an image someone else has created in a school work without their permission, BUT YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
HOWEVER:The ‘Fair Use’ provisionDOES NOT APPLY TO MUSIC OR AUDIO. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A STUDENT TO COPY, STORE OR USE MUSIC IN ANY FORM IN AUSTRALIA WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION. SEVERE FINES APPLY.
There is a limited number of royalty free music sites on the Internet. It may be possible to obtain audio or music legally from such sites for use in a digital production. Make sure you understand the legal implications of using such sites.
It is legal to create and use your own sounds. It is legal to play a CD on your PC as background music.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the false presentation of someone else's writing or work as your own.
It is unethical to plagiarise another person’s work. In a school, severe penalties apply for any plagiarism including potentially loss of all marks and detention or possible expulsion.
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Acknowledging sources
To protect yourself from a charge of plagiarism you must appropriately ‘acknowldege’ and ‘reference’ any words or work that is not your own.
To acknowledge text obtained from someone else follow the following conventions:
·"place the text within inverted commas and in italics" Indicate the source of the information.
For example: Brown (2004) says “it is illegal to copy music from the Internet”.
Cite source of an image
To acknowledge the source of an image copied from the Internet – try to provide the image name and as a minimum the url.
The Scream: www.ursulascostumes.com
Referencing
If you are required to reference works you have used in your assignment, use the ‘Citation maker’ available from the school’s library Intranet.
Fact sheet: Copyright & Plagiarism
Text, images and sound.Two social and ethical issues that confront designer are the issues of copyright and plagiarism.
Copyright
Plagiarism
Acknowledge Sources
Cite Image
Referencing
Copyright ©
Copyright © is the legal protection given to authors and artists which protects them against unauthorised copying of their work. Under most circumstances it is ILLEGAL TO COPY another person’s work without their permission.The Copyright Law in Australia provides a special privilege to students. The ‘Fair Use’ provision of the allows students to COPY A SMALL AMOUNT of text for use in school work. However, you MUST STILL ACKNOWLEDGE any words or works you have copied from somebody else.
The ‘Fair Use’ provisions also applies to images. It is allowable to use an image someone else has created in a school work without their permission, BUT YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
HOWEVER: The ‘Fair Use’ provision DOES NOT APPLY TO MUSIC OR AUDIO. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A STUDENT TO COPY, STORE OR USE MUSIC IN ANY FORM IN AUSTRALIA WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION. SEVERE FINES APPLY.
There is a limited number of royalty free music sites on the Internet. It may be possible to obtain audio or music legally from such sites for use in a digital production. Make sure you understand the legal implications of using such sites.
It is legal to create and use your own sounds. It is legal to play a CD on your PC as background music.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the false presentation of someone else's writing or work as your own.It is unethical to plagiarise another person’s work. In a school, severe penalties apply for any plagiarism including potentially loss of all marks and detention or possible expulsion.
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Acknowledging sources
To protect yourself from a charge of plagiarism you must appropriately ‘acknowldege’ and ‘reference’ any words or work that is not your own.To acknowledge text obtained from someone else follow the following conventions:
·"place the text within inverted commas and in italics"
Indicate the source of the information.
For example: Brown (2004) says “it is illegal to copy music from the Internet”.
Cite source of an image
To acknowledge the source of an image copied from the Internet – try to provide the image name and as a minimum the url.The Scream: www.ursulascostumes.com
Referencing
If you are required to reference works you have used in your assignment, use the ‘Citation maker’ available from the school’s library Intranet.